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Don-Wi

05-26-2007 00:45:39

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I was using the Armstrong Silo Unloader (5 tine pitch fork) when it just went crazy and started going after my feet!!! I swear it has a mind of it's own sometimes.

You'll be glad to know that I missed my toes that time, and the 5 or more times before this. I wasn't so lucky a couple days ago though. It went between my Big toe and little toe, and took a small flap of skin off the bottom of the little toe.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Woulda posted the picture sooner but we were haveing troubles with the internet the last couple days....

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RAB

05-26-2007 11:12:32

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Donovan,
That is no accident. An accident is an event which is unforeseen and unavoidable. Neither applies to to this event - using a tined fork, wearing trainers is just asking for trouble. I once had an accident and speared my foot with a hay fork, S"pose that was avoidable, but Grandad didn"t think I would try to "stand it up" for him. I was about 3 or near 4 at the time. He carried me home in his hedge-cutting hessian sack. At least fork was sterile - it had been used for tidying around the bonfire of hedge thinnings, when laying the hedge about 55 years ago.
RAB

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Glen in TX

05-26-2007 10:33:19

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Another reason to keep up with tetanus shots if you're on the farm.

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James22

05-26-2007 07:19:31

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Pitch forks are OK, but if you really want to move corn silage use a coal fork. One my older brother and I were both throwing silage out by using rapid alternating throws to speed up the process, and one of us got out of synchronization. Unfortunately I was coming forward with a load when he was coming back. Tine pierced his palm and stoppped at the finger joint. Didn't need instructions from the farm CEO to never try this again.

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Jimmy King

05-26-2007 05:38:00

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Stay on top of your injury a lot of people have ended up in the Hospital with blood poisoning from pitch forks.

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Don-Wi

05-26-2007 09:21:38

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Jimmy King, 05-26-2007 05:38:00

I take a look at it everyday, but it was just a tiny flap of skin that got peeled back, nothing actually went in too far. So far it hasn't goten red and irritated or anything. I just gotta keep a band-aid on it because otheriwse it rubs against my sock and gets a little sore- makes a 12 hr shift at work kinda miserable.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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RodInNS

05-26-2007 05:37:34

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

One more reason why I keep my arse planted on a tractor seat, and dig the feed out of a bunk...

Glad you're OK.

Rod

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Billy NY

05-26-2007 05:36:47

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Armstrong and others, don't they make a whole array of equipment, you know like the Georgia backhoe? Well, that's what I've heard many call a shovel in he excavating business.

Steel toe shoes are a matter of opinion/preference, lot of stories of good/bad things about them.

When I was real young, somehow and I don't remember much on how I did it, I stuck a tine of a 3 prong'er through my foot, but it was just under the skin, top side of foot, went in and poked out a few inches further, almost sure I might have backed my foot into it, was not using the fork, must have been real sharp, so long ago, hard to recall, but it was not as traumatic as other injuries I can think of at an early age, your photo sure reminds me of that one though.

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J Schwiebert

05-26-2007 05:09:24

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Don: You are very lucky!. A good customer from back in the days when I worked for a dealer lost one of his son's in an unloader not too long ago. The cows were then shortly sold.

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Leland

05-26-2007 05:09:12

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

steel toes are pretty useless I have a scar on top of my foot where I poked it years ago ,and besides 99% of the time what ever lands on your boot heavy always seem to land behind the steel toe <:(

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vernMN

05-26-2007 04:16:30

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Been there and done that. Learned a long time back that farmers need same foot protection as the factory working cousin. Gave my dad a pair of safety shoes for his birthday one year, and he never bought a pair of regular work shoes again. (The cows always seemed to want to step on his toes.)

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Formerly super99

05-26-2007 04:09:59

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Wow, that was close! Looks to me like you have 2 choices, steel toe work boots or grind the ends of those tines so they are round and dull. I always wear same boots at home and at work, steel toes for last 18 years. A little heavier, but you get used to it. Can't count the number of times I've been saved by them. Like an American Express card, Don't leave the house without them. Chris

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Don-Wi

05-26-2007 09:24:21

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Formerly super99, 05-26-2007 04:09:59

Grinding a dull edge on the fork would probably make it hurt worse!! I have steel toes for the farm, I just don't wear them much in the summer. Probably gonna take another stupid mistake to make me change back into them all summer long.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Farmall MD nut

05-26-2007 03:39:47

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

Whoa! Dave's got the right idea, Steel tips. Wear mine every day. Fixin' the unloader might help too.

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Dave from mn

05-26-2007 03:12:53

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Don-Wi, 05-26-2007 00:45:39

No disrespect, but with milk prices on there way up, I would suggest investing in a good pair of steel toe leather work boots for the farm. Or give your self a safety zone where you can not hit your feet, wait one question, are you able to se your feet?? My fatrher in law hasnt seen his since he quit farming and started eating out.

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Don-Wi

05-26-2007 09:19:17

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Dave from mn, 05-26-2007 03:12:53

I have a good pair, but with it getting hot out I can't stand wearing them when I'm running around outside. I can still see my feet, just get in my rythm while pitching and once in a while I put it through the toe of my shoe. i've done it several times with steel toes which just pokes a hole in the leather, which then turns into a big rip a little while later.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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BigMarv1085

05-26-2007 05:30:11

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Re: Silo unloader accident in reply to Dave from mn, 05-26-2007 03:12:53

I have 3 friends that have all lost there right legs due to being caught in a silage auger. They are so dangerous without having some type of guards on them.

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